That's the ticket!
I'm also a big fan of Winchester's Train & Defend combo that consists of 147 grain FMJ for training and 147 grain JHP for defense as both are designed to have the same ballistic characteristics as far as velocity and energy goes. They are subsonic and therefore low on the energy side, too (299 FPE) - buit the pleasant result is very low felt recoil and very little muzzle flip.
The recoil feels quite differently from either the 124 or 115 grainers. It's like the difference between a straight punch to the palm of your hand versus getting it kicked from below.
It's less affected by a limp wrist for that reason also. Winchester is not the only company that boxed a brother (FMJ) with his sister (JHP) to save on the cost of having to practice with JHP's alone.
I have yet to fire anything in +P except for trying three Glasers only one of which actually fed. The others would not because the bullets are too light (80 grains) and too tiny to make it up the ramp and in the chamber. Whatever they call a live round in a stovepipe position is the result I got.
I also like the Hydra-Shoks
© (yes, there is no "c" in "Shoks" because it's the only way they could copyright it) even though the hydrostatic shock theory is observable but not predictable. Bullets produce several types of shock waves that can travel down bone as fast or faster down blood-filled capillaries or arteries.
David used a rock in a sling to give Goliath a big hydrostatic headache - so the effect is certainly not new.
Since the human body is
92% [FONT="]H2O[/FONT], you're going to get a disruption to the fluid equilibrium of a body with a forceful strike to any fluid-filled area you choose. But, the argument is, "What sort of pressure wave does a fast-moving projectile cause that results in remote damage to both soft and hard tissue?"
There are cases of people being punched in the shoulder and sustaining damage to a lung. Was that due to "hydrostatic shock" or to the rebound effect of organs being knocked against hard bone by an external force, as in a concussion, where the brain, suspended in fluid, is knocked against the inside of a cranial wall, in a dramatic demonstration of Newton's First and/or Third Law of Motion.
The Hydra-Shok is no magic bullet (pardon the pun). It does the same things that a high-quality, expanding hollow-point is supposed to do. But, to hear people talk about it, you'd think it causes a mini-tsunami in the fluid-filled wound track that transmits a hydrostatic shock wave down every capillary leading from the wound track to all the remotely located vital organs and spinal tissue.
While they have performed experiments on pigs to validate the hydrostatic shock wave (assuming that it accurately describes the process), what they have not done is compare the results of shooting a live pig, a dead pig, and an exsanguinated pig, which, if it sustains the same level of damage as a pig with a full tank of plasma and hemoglobin, alive or dead, then something other than hydro-whatever is at work.
When it comes to hollow-points, my main concern is hitting clothing that will clog up the hole in my JHP. That's why I like defensive ammo that has polymer tips like Cor-Bon Pow'r Ball and Hornaday Critical Duty - but also .17
WMR and 5.7 x 28 Armscor.
Not that I'd ever use .17 WMR for self defense, but give me a 5.7 x 28 FN Five-Seven and I'd be in hog heaven.
(Or an FN P90. I'm not picky).
I got a box of 50 Federal 147 +P HydraShock's on the way. I will use the older ammo for training and load up the guns with the fresh stuff.
